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Kate Dwire
Career Biography | Research Interests | Significant Publications | Professional Organizations | Contact Information
Career Biography
Professional Experience
| 2001 - present | Research Riparian Ecologist. USDA
Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, RWU4352, Laramie,
WY. |
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| 2001 | Ecologist, Post-Doctoral Research
Associate. Oregon State University, La Grande, OR. |
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| 1996 - 1999 | Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. | |
| 1991 - 1996 | Wetlands Ecologist. Contractor to
the US EPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory,
Corvallis, OR. |
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| 1988 - 1991 | Quality Assurance Coordinator. Contractor to the US EPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. | |
| 1986 - 1988 | Research Assistant. Ohio State University, Wooster, OH. | |
| 1984 - 1986 | Biologist. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Logan, UT. | |
| 1982 - 1984 | Range Technician. USDI Bureau of Land Management, Nevada Botanist, The Nature Conservancy, McCloud, CA. | |
| 1979 - 1982 | Research Assistant. University of California, Davis, CA. |
Education
| 2001 | Ph.D. in Fisheries from Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR |
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| 1983 | M.S. in Plant Ecology from the University of California, Davis, CA | |
| 1975 | B.A. in Environmental Biology from the University
of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
Research Interests
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Distribution of riparian plant species and communities in relation to hydrologic and geomorphic variables and disturbance (natural and anthropogenic)
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Influence of prescribed and natural fire on riparian plant species and communities
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Organic matter dynamics (surface and subsurface) in stream-riparian ecosystem
Significant Publications
Dwire, K. A., J. B. Kauffman, and J. Baham. 2006. Plant species distribution in relation to water table depth and soil redox potential in montane riparian meadows. Wetlands 26 (1): 131 – 146.
Dwire, K. A., S. E. Ryan, L. J. Shirley, D. Lytjen, N. Otting, and M. K. Dixon. 2006. Influence of herbivory on regrowth of riparian shrubs following a wildland fire. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 42 (1): 201-212.
Dwire, K. A., J. B. Kauffman, E. N. J. Brookshire and J. Baham. 2004. Plant biomass and species composition along an environmental gradient in montane riparian meadows. Oecologia 139(2): 309-317.
Dwire, K. A. and J. B. Kauffman. 2003. Fire and riparian ecosystems in landscapes of the western USA. Forest Ecology and Management 178 (1-2): 61-74.
Brookshire, E. N. J. and K. A. Dwire. 2003. Controls on patterns of coarse organicparticle retention in headwater streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 22(1): 17-34.
Professional Organizations
Ecological Society of America
North American Benthological Society
Society of Wetland Scientists
American Water Resources Association
American Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section
Northwest Scientific Association
California Botanical Society
Contact Information
Kate Dwire
Research Riparian Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Research Station
240 West Prospect
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Phone: (970) 498-1016
Fax: (9707) 498-1212
Email: kadwire@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service - RMRS - RWU4352
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